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NCLEX Nutrition

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs






2. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?






3. What foods have high quality protein?






4. Sources of fats






5. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?






6. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency






7. What function is vitamin A?






8. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






9. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






10. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






11. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?






12. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy






13. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






14. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet






15. The higher the BMR a client has --






16. Name six sources of grains






17. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






18. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?






19. When does BMR increase?






20. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?






21. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






22. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?






23. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?






24. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?






25. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease






26. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?






27. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value






28. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy






29. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?






30. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






31. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






32. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value






33. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






34. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?






35. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?






36. How much grains are to be eaten per day?






37. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?






38. What is normal BMI?






39. When does BMR decrease?






40. What is the function of vitamin E?






41. What are healthy sources of fats?






42. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






43. Where can you get more vitamin D?






44. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?






45. What function is vitamin D?






46. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?






47. What does DASH stand for?






48. What type of people need extra protein?






49. What is the function of vitamin C?






50. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily